US Patent Issued to MEDTRONIC on July 14 for "Valve delivery tool" (American, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,280, issued on July 14, was assigned to MEDTRONIC INC. (Minneapolis).

"Valve delivery tool" was invented by Michael Gloss (Minneapolis), Timothy Groen (Rush City, Minn.), Carolyn Majkrzak (Chanhassen, Minn.), Behrooz Nadian (Maple Grove, Minn.), Matthew Rust (Windsor, Calif.), Timothy Ryan (Minnetrista, Minn.), Matthew Weston (Roseville, Minn.), Marc Anderson (Barna, Ireland), Evelyn Birmingham (Ennis, Ireland), Mark Casley (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Deirdre McGowan Smyth (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a medical device for implanting in a valve of a subject, the implantable medical device having a self-expandi...